10 Best Free Software for 2014

December 20, 2013

In 2014 why not dump some of our same old software and try something new and better this new year. SaveDelete’s Editorial Team has come up with yet another smashing list of ten best free software for 2014, have a look ..
In this featured post we hope to make your download selection easy by providing 10 of the most useful, fresh and effective software for the year ahead.

Image Organiser

( Min req : Win XP / Vista / 7 / 8+ ) An excellent photo organiser, viewer and editor which makes it a great tool for every photography workflow. The best part about this software is that it keeps away the duplicates and remove the need to click copy and replace, with importing for images from camera itself.

Office Suite

(Min req : Windows XP+, Mac OS X or Linux ) After OpenOffice.org got discontinued, this Apache OpenOffice took over where they left and the code used is same as the LibreOffice commonly found in Linux platforms.

It’s functionality is in between Microsoft Office and Google Docs, with capability to save in formats of .doc and .docx. It also has great print view facility which gives more control over printing and it makes more space on top of documents as the toolbars can be pinned in sidebars.

Alternative : LibreOffice

Media Player

(Min req – Win XP +, Mac OS X or Linux) One program that does it all, play any video or audio file, supporting maximum number of formats and Video Codings. It supports skins and has something extra that no other media player can have.

Security Software

(Min req : Win XP/Vista/7/8+) Today any anti-virus you choose gives you many options other than the usual protection from malware, the new version has auto updater to stay with current versions, a browser cleanup tool, do not track options.

With the new hardened security feature, Avast has made the antivirus protection more solid than ever before for the newbies, people starting to use internet will definitely feel more secured with Avast than any other antivirus software.

Alternative – AVG Free 2014

Web Browser

(Min req : Win XP/Vista/7/8+ or Linux ) Built on as same engine as Chrome, its a great lightweight and fast browser with great enhanced blocking scripts, cookie control and clearing history with time period settings. Midori also has an ad blocker an effective bookmark method.

Alternative : Maxthon Cloud Browser

Music Manager

(min req : win xp /7/8+) To manage your songs and play them on your computer this alternative to iTunes is a great tool that is also a lightweight as compared to iTunes. Features like importing of songs automatically by watching folders, streaming from radio and music blogs, playlists, rip / burn CDs, display lyrics etc. Right now it doesn’t support Apple devices which can be a real plus point if it does in future.

Desktop Tool

(min req : windows vista/7/8+) A very powerful software that provides the design of Windows 8, including the time, weather and remaining battery status. More features like program launchers, auto-hide, on top, separate panels etc.

Alternative : Thoosje Windows Sidebar 8

PC Rescue Kit

(min req : win xp/7/8+) – This kit acts as an second line of defence, if you have an antivirus which never does a complete job for you, then this free software will make your PC much security proof. Features likes anti-malware scanner, no installation required, you can easily carry it on USB device.

Alternative : Anvi Rescue Disk

Ebook Software

(min req: win xp/vista/7/8+, OS X or Linux) – An absolute gem of an ebook manager, it has almost everything you could imagine like it supports all major book formats, syncs books between devices, converts ebook types, tagging, cover art, divide libraries into smaller sections and much more.